Posts Tagged: Nuclear

Nuclear Sub leaked radioactive water for months

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August 1, 2008 CNN: Nuclear sub leaked radioactive water in Pacific for months From Jamie McIntyre and Mike Mount CNN Pentagon Unit WASHINGTON (CNN) — Water with trace amounts of radioactivity may have leaked for months from a U.S. Navy nuclear-powered submarine as it traveled around the Pacific to ports in Guam, Japan and Hawaii,Navy… Read more »

Nuclear War and Its Consequences

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http://www.counterpunch.org/johnston04212007.html April 21 / 22, 2007 Reparations (and a Little Justice) for the the People of Rongelap Nuclear War and Its Consequences By BARBARA ROSE JOHNSTON In 1946 the United States detonated two atomic weapons in the Marshall Islands. In 1947, the United Nations designated the Marshall Islands a United States Trust Territory, and over… Read more »

Marshall Islander Speaks Out Against Missile Defense Tests

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By Que Keju I first witnessed missiles being launched from Kwajalein Island in the 1960s. The beaches of Ebeye Island, an islet about 5 miles north of Kwajalein, would be swamped with both children and adults each time a launch was scheduled. It was always a spectacular scene each time-fire works, at its best. Ten… Read more »